A suspicious package delivered to the Chattanooga City Hall Annex today did not contain a bomb, police said.
As a precaution, City Hall, the annex and some surrounding buildings were evacuated about 1:30 p.m.
Bomb squad technicians from the Chattanooga Police Department took X-rays of the manila envelope and discovered that it only contained paper, said Officer Rebecca Royval, spokeswoman for police.
The envelope was not addressed to anyone in particular at the annex, she said, but was deemed suspicious because the writing on it was “in another language or scribbled” and the return address was unreadable.
Police cars, fire engines and ambulances surrounded the area while the bomb techs were examining the package and 11th Street was blocked off.
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